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Brief #31 December 2019

01 / 12 / 2020

European Union On Wednesday 18 December, Irishwoman Emily O’Reilly, a European mediator since 2013, was re-elected for a five-year term during a plenary session of the European Parliament held in Strasbourg, with a narrow majority of 320 votes out of 600. It took three rounds before she gained a...

Brief #30 November 2019

12 / 18 / 2019

European Union By 461 votes “in favour”, 157 votes “against” and 89 “abstentions”, the von der Leyen Commission received the endorsement of the European Parliament on Wednesday 27 November. The Greens group had not wished to lend it their support, pointing to too many contradictions within the Commission. The...

Guidelines on ethics and integrity in the public sector

09 / 30 / 2019

The Network for Integrity aims to develop an international culture of integrity, transparency and ethics in public life. With the current declining trust in government and democracy in general,...

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Brief #31 December 2019

01 / 12 / 2020

European Union On Wednesday 18 December, Irishwoman Emily O’Reilly, a European mediator since 2013, was re-elected for a five-year term during a plenary session of the European Parliament held in Strasbourg, with a narrow majority of 320 votes out of 600. It took three rounds before she gained a majority over her main rival Julia Laffranque, an Estonian…

Brief #30 November 2019

12 / 18 / 2019

European Union By 461 votes “in favour”, 157 votes “against” and 89 “abstentions”, the von der Leyen Commission received the endorsement of the European Parliament on Wednesday 27 November. The Greens group had not wished to lend it their support, pointing to too many contradictions within the Commission. The Greens maintain in particular that the presence of Thierry…

SIPOC – Supporting Ethics Compliance : Top Ten Best Practices for Public Bodies

11 / 29 / 2019

The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPOC) has published “Public Bodies – the Standards Commission has today published “Supporting Ethics Compliance: Top Ten Best Practices for Public Bodies”. Public bodies have a duty to ensure that employees withstatutory obligations under the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 (the Ethics Acts) are informed of their obligations and…

Brief #29 October 2019

11 / 14 / 2019

European Union On 11 October 2019, the European Parliament rejected the nomination of Sylvie Goulard, the French candidate for the post of Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Digital, Defence and Space. The questions raised by the elected representatives related in particular to the ongoing investigation into the fictitious MoDem parliamentary assistants, in which she is involved. But…

Ethics Guide, Handbook for public managers and Ethics Officers

10 / 23 / 2019

Since 2014, the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life has focused on disseminating a culture of integrity. With the publication of this practical guide, it wishes to share its expertise in the field of ethics. This work aims to assist public officials and Ethics Officers in ethical management of their institutions and modernisation of their ethical instruments….

Brief #28 September 2019

10 / 17 / 2019

European Union On 10 September 2019, the new President of the European Commission, Mrs Ursula von der Leyen, submitted her nominations for the Commissioners who are to form her working team and who will take up their duties on 1st November 2019. If the European Parliament confirms her appointment, Vera Jourova, from the Czech Republic, is to serve…

Guidelines on ethics and integrity in the public sector

09 / 30 / 2019

The Network for Integrity aims to develop an international culture of integrity, transparency and ethics in public life. With the current declining trust in government and democracy in general, citizens are asking for more ethical behaviours from public officials. Many organizations have identified ethics and anti-corruption as critical to a country’s successful development and good governance. This paper…

Meeting at the OECD Global anticorruption and integrity Forum

04 / 25 / 2019

On 20 and 21 March 2019, the Organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD) organized its 7th Global anticorruption and integrity Forum. Each year, it gathers hundreds of representatives of governments, international and civil society organizations to discuss reforms and best practices in the fields of integrity and fight against corruption. On the theme « Tech for Trust…

Brief #27 February 2019

03 / 01 / 2019

United Nations On 14 and 15 February, more than 40 international experts from governments, sports organizations, the private sector and academia gathered at the headquarters of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to discuss mechanisms for the detection and reporting of ethical misconduct and acts of corruption in sport. On the basis of these exchanges,…

Brief #26 January 2019

02 / 01 / 2019

Council of Europe On 16 January, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) published the 2ndaddendum to the 2nd compliance report of the 3rd evaluation round on Belgium. While noting the progress that has been made, GRECO urged the Belgian authorities to give fresh impetus to the work on the transparency of political party funding….